Creates an empty population

Creates an empty Pop-class object with user defined ploidy and other parameters taken from simParam.

Usage

newEmptyPop(ploidy = 2L, simParam = NULL)

Arguments

ploidy

the ploidy of the population

simParam

an object of SimParam

Value

Returns an object of Pop-class with zero individuals

Examples

#Create founder haplotypes
founderPop = quickHaplo(nInd=2, nChr=1, segSites=10)

#Set simulation parameters
SP = SimParam$new(founderPop)
SP$addTraitA(10)

#Create empty population
pop = newEmptyPop(simParam=SP)
isPop(pop)
#> [1] TRUE